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| <h2>CVE-2007-0239</h2> |
| <h3>URL Handling Security Vulnerability (Linux/Solaris)</h3> |
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| <li> <strong>Synopsis: </strong>The OpenOffice.org URL handler could allow command execution using shell metacharacters in Linux and Solaris. |
| <li> <strong>State: </strong>Resolved for Linux. |
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| <h4>1. Impact</h4> |
| <p>If a user running OpenOffice.org from a shell terminal in Linux or Solaris opens an untrusted URL, malicious code could be arbitrarily executed on the user's computer. </p> |
| <p> This issue is also described in<br> |
| CVE-2007-0239, <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-239">http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-239</a><br> |
| Issue ID#: 58013, 72543</p> |
| <h4>2. Affected releases </h4> |
| <p>All 2.x versions prior to OpenOffice.org 2.2 for Linux and Solaris </p> |
| <p>All 1.x versions for Linux and Solaris. </p> |
| <h4>3. Symptoms</h4> |
| <p>There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited.</p> |
| <h4>4. Relief/Workaround</h4> |
| <p>There is no workaround. See "Resolution" below. </p> |
| <h4>5. Resolution</h4> |
| <p>This issue is addressed in the following releases:</p> |
| <p><strong>OpenOffice.org 1.5 Patch, OpenOffice.org 2.2 for Linux (affected system) </strong></p> |
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